I’m officially a free climber now!

I got my toprope-free-climbing-certificate (or whatever you would call it in English) with the DAV yesterday and scrambled a full 18m grade IV twice and about half a V of the same length (maybe I could’ve gone full if my arms weren’t that tired). Will get better at climbing soon I hope, but for the first time it was better than I expected.

And as soon as possible I want to start lead climbing. But first I want to be able to climb V or VI routes to get some practice.

Now, tonight I’ll be at my usual sword fencing training.  I’ve got no muscle ache, but I’m curious how hard it’ll be to hold that sword for two hours.